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      <pre class="gribex"></pre>
      <p>The following GRIBEX Fortan interface is not present any
longer in the GRIB API. You will have seen from the GRIB API <a
 href="/publications/manuals/grib_api/namespacegrib__api.html">Fortran
90 interface</a> that the information contained in the grib message
can be accessed through alphanumeric keys. </p>
      <p>In your Fortran code, you will have to name explicitly the keys that you
are using. The tables below will help you to find the key names
corresponding to the "old" GRIB header section elements.
</p>
      <p>These tables include the GRIB API Coded key names and also
  Recommended GRIB API key names. You should use the latter.<br>
      </p>
      <pre class="gribex"><br>    &nbsp; INTEGER<br>      INTEGER <a
 href="ksec0.html">KSEC0</a>(2)<br>      INTEGER <a href="ksec1.html">KSEC1</a>(1024)<br>      INTEGER <a
 href="ksec2.html">KSEC2</a>(1024)<br>      INTEGER <a href="ksec3.html">KSEC3</a>(2)<br>      INTEGER <a
 href="ksec4.html">KSEC4</a>(512)<br>      INTEGER KLENP, KLENG, KWORD, KRET<br>      INTEGER KGRIB(*)<br>C<br>      REAL <a
 href="psec2.html">PSEC2</a>(512)<br>      REAL <a href="psec3.html">PSEC3</a>(2)<br>      REAL <a
 href="psec4.html">PSEC4</a>(*)<br>C<br>      CHARACTER*1 HOPER<br>          :<br>          :<br>      CALL GRIBEX(KSEC0,KSEC1,KSEC2,PSEC2,KSEC3,PSEC3,KSEC4,<br>     X            PSEC4,KLENP,KGRIB,KLENG,KWORD,HOPER,KRET)<br>      </pre>



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